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This state increases age limit for recruitment in police, fire service

2022-05-23 00:00:00.0 铸币报-政治原网页

The Telangana government has decided to increase the age of aspirants who want to apply for the 17,000 posts in uniformed departments which includes police and fire services. The decision by the sate government comes as a relief for many candidates who wants to take part in the recruitment drive being done by the Telangana government.

According to the earlier notification, the age requirement for candidates appearing for constables was kept between 18-25 years of age wheare as the age for applying the sub inspectors was kept at 21-28 years(for general category)

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has taken the decision to increase the upper age limit by two more years in the recruitment of posts in the police department, an official release said.

The Chief Minister has responded positively to the request of MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy to enhance the age limit following the implementation of 95 per cent job quota for the locals for the first time and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years, it said.